RBL Bank - Branch Manager

Business Group: Retail and Consumer Banking Group

Position Objective:

Execute and monitor overall administration and efficient daily operations of a full service branch office; including operations, lending, product sales, customer service, security and safety in accordance with the Bank's objectives.

Principal Accountabilities Sales & Business Development:

1. Achievement of an incremental number and value targets for Liabilities (CA, SA, FD); Assets (Home, Auto & other assets) and Fee Products (MF, LI, GI, Gold & other fee products)

2. Prepare and monitor Sales plan for the branch

3. Build a healthy asset and liability book.

4. Increase market share in the catchment area (3 to 5 km radius)

Major Activities Sales & Business Development:

1. Sales Planning:

a. Prepare and track product wise - liabilities, assets & fee AOP for the full financial year.

b. Commerce and catchment mapping

c. Prepare and review monthly activity calendar of outbound activities of BSM / JO

d. Roll out MOP for outbound and inbound sales on 1st of every month followed by weekly and monthly reviews.

e. Review all employees in branch quarterly.

f. Review productivity of BSMs / BOMs/ JOs on a weekly basis.

2. Review and handhold BOMs & BSMs on a daily basis and Sales Officers (JOs) on a weekly basis.

3. Conduct Daily Morning Huddles to discuss daily plan and agenda for employees.

4. Ensure proper on-boarding of all new customers acquired.

5. Sale of 3 products per customer within 90 days of account opening.

6. Track inflow-outflow reports, account closures, FD renewals, FD closures, overdue FD, locker occupancy, Sales and thus daily business generation

7. Maintain quality of customer acquisition through sourcing mix and on-boarding process.

8. Monitoring DSRs on a regular basis.

9. Lead management proper assignment and closure of leads.

10. Tapping markets or customer segments within the catchment of the branch, which are hitherto untapped, to increase the GL Base of the branch.

Principal Accountabilities Customer Service:

1. Manage Key Branch Relationships

2. Ensure Wait Time within permissible limits as per segmental service approach

3. Achievement of branch Customer Service Scores target

4. Nil Critical Requests at branch

5. Nil Escalations at branch and complaint handling

Major Activities Customer Service:

1. Make 10 customer visits every week (Top 20% of profitable customers of branch) to maintain and enhance the relationships.

2. Scrutinize all service requests and AOFs being sent to RPC to ensure NIL rejections.

3. Conduct customer engagement program - every month.

4. Lobby Management to be done daily during peak hours.

5. Prepare staff roister, leave calendar and maker-checker seating arrangement

6. Inculcating first contact resolution and adherence to customer service mantras by employees at branch

7. Resolve customer queries through internal escalation matrix for enhanced service experience for customers

8. Implement usage of Product Database among employees for instant resolution of customers queries

Principal Accountabilities Compliance & Risk Management :

1. Ensure operations, risk control and process adherence at branches

2. Branch Audit scores

3. Fraud prevention

4. Ops risk monitoring

5. RBI audits, inspections and incognito visits

Major Activities Compliance & Risk Management

1. Ensuring operations and Risk control at branches in line with internal and regulatory guidelines as per Operations Manual and e-circulars issued from time to time

2. Checking, authorizing and verification of various reports

- Irregularity report Daily

- Exception report Daily

- TOD reports Daily

- Pending IBRs to be responded Daily

- Second level verification of Mitra Committee Report- Daily

- Format F (Expenditure) Monthly

- CAT 14 & CAT 15- TOD & Cheque Purchase- Fortnightly

- Submission of Comp 1 Monthly

- Charge Taking Certificate - as and when required

3. Updation, maintenance and periodic checking of important registers

- Fake notes register

- Branch book

- Complaints register/ book

- Visitor book

4. Maintenance of keys of :

- Customer complaint box

- One set of premises keys

- Fake note box

- Lockers

5. Physical verification of various security items :

- Surprise physical verification of cash, foreign currency, keys, gold coins, jewel loan packets and welcome kits Monthly

- Physical verification of original and duplicate keys Quarterly

- Physical verification of locker master keys and vacant locker keys Quarterly

6. Checks to be done in respect of asset servicing :

- Non-DRO branches- unreconciled open items as per data received from COPS-Repayment team

- Ensuring that at least one authorized signatory available in the branch for signing NOC

7. Account sourcing authorizing the KYC documents by checking the genuineness of the customers at the time of account opening

8. Monitoring outstanding long pending entries in office accounts

9. Checking all outstanding EDD cases (money laundering)

10. Clearing his/ her tray for all pending approvals

11. Closure of Key Audit Findings from IAD audits and observations of RRM visits

12. Quarterly compliance to audit requirements

13. Proper handling and reporting of RBI, and other regulatory audits at branches

14. Creating awareness among employees on fraud prevention, password protection and branch security

Principal Accountabilities Branch Profitability :

1. Growth in NII ( Net Interest Income) for branch

2. Growth in Asset business through branches

3. Increase Fee Income

4. Ensure Opex optimization

5. Manage cost of cash holding at a branch

Major Activities Branch Profitability :

1. Enhance for CASA and Time Deposits through service led Sales at branches

2. Monitor daily inflow and outflow reports, GL reports and Day Book report

3. Incremental growth in, home loans and auto loans sourcing at applicable locations

4. Activate specialized desks depending upon the catchment to generate fee income

5. Ensure optimal cash holdings at branch so as to reduce idle cash lying at a branch

6. Increase in third-party product penetration to enhance fee income opportunity

Principal Accountabilities Brand Administration :

1. Adhere to standardized Brand guidelines - inside the branch and outside the branch

2. Branch upkeep and maintenance spic & span

3. Availability of necessary infrastructure in branch

Major Activities Brand Administration :

1. Monitor external appearance of the branch fascia, directional signage, entrance, parking area

2. Review in Branch Look & Feel lobby area, merchandising calendar for posters, seating arrangement etc on a daily basis

3. Proper ATM upkeep, notice board, and posters

4. Ensure proper functioning of all branch pieces of equipment PC, Printers, Xerox Machines, scanners, AC, DQM, CDM etc

5. All employees to be dressed well.

6. Ensure adherence guidelines at all workstations, storage area, and common area

Principal Accountabilities Capability Building & Manpower Management :

1. Team Building

2. Training and Development

3. Manpower Planning

Major Activities Capability Building & Manpower Management :

1. Mentor / ensure mentoring of new joinees for first three months.

2. Job rotation for all employees once in six months

3. Briefing all employees on their role and expectations from them

4. Give structured feedback to employees on a regular basis

5. Conducting Saturday Workshops and in house training programs

6. Certification of employees on AMFI, IRDA and mandated E-Test and E-Learning by all employees in branch

Other Responsibilities :

1. Implement centrally-originated projects on customer service, automation, processes and compliance in the branch

2. Monitor specialized desks at branches

3. Follow up on legal cases pertaining to branch

4. Business continuity planning for the branch

5. Contribute to employee morale and plug employee turnover

Performance Indicator :

1. Retail P&L

a. Net interest Income - Percentage achievement against target

b. Fee Income - Percentage achievement against target. We may need to include cross sell somewhere

2. GL Size of branches

a. Current Accounts

- Number of accounts 

- Incremental growth in balance

- The average balance of the account (Quality of account)

b. Savings Accounts :

- Number of accounts

- Incremental growth in balance

- The average balance of the account (Quality of account) what about salary accounts.

c. Term Deposits :

- Retail penetration of deposits sourced

- Incremental growth in deposits

3. Asset Targets (Specific to the region being handled) :

a. Home Loans - % disbursement achievement against the target. Please include loans against collateral

b. Auto Loans - % disbursement achievement against target

c. Personal Loans - % disbursement achievement against target

4. Overall Branch Health :

a. Customer Service - Branch customer service scores

b. Compliance - IAD Audit Scores and fraud prevention